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President Bush holds a crying baby handed to him from the crowd as he arrived for an outdoor dinner with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Trinwillershage, Germany, in July 2006. Jim Bourg/Reuters/FILE

President Obama smiles at a baby after delivering remarks on health-insurance reform at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa, on March 25. Charlie Neibergall/AP

Shaylee Veniard (c.) is seen at a campaign rally for Hillary Clinton in Sioux Falls, S.D., in June 2008 at the W.H. Lyons Fairgrounds. Chris Fitzgerald/CandidatePhotos/Newscom/FILE

In July 1999, then-first lady Hillary Clinton holds 5-month-old Ray Goppert III as his father looks on (l.) at the conclusion of a 'Listening Session' at the Griffiss Business and Technology Center in Rome, N.Y. Mike Segar/Reuters/FILE

Mason Strangman, 7 weeks old, is seen at a restaurant called Chez Vachon with the former mayor of New York City and Republican candidate for the nomination for the presidency in 2007, Rudy Giuliani. Chris Fitzgerald/CandidatePhotos/Newscom/FILE

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas holds a baby during a campaign meeting in Ramallah in January 2005. Awad Awad/AFP/Getty Images/Newscom/FILE

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez raises his fist as he carries a baby during a rally in Caracas, Venezuela, in November 2008. Presidencia Miraflores/AFP/Getty Images/Newscom/FILE

Then-presidential candidate Al Gore holds up a supporter's baby during a campaign stop in Tampa, Fla., at Lykes Gaslight Park, in November 2000. Newscom/FILE

Four-month-old Lucas Colin Trumn attends a march from Goldman Sachs' office to a rally in Federal Plaza demanding Wall Street reform on April 28 in Chicago. M. Spencer Green/AP

Seen here in 1990, South African President Nelson Mandela poses with a young South African boy. Newscom/FILE

Then-Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden holds up a baby during a rally in Melbourne, Fla., in October 2008. Newscom/FILE

Then-Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton holds a baby during a campaign event at the Forum in Harrisburg, Pa., in March 2008. Tim Shaffer/Reuters

Republican senator and presidential candidate John McCain is photographed with a baby at Hartland High School and Academy in Belton, Mo., in October 2008. Newscom/FILE

In Boston, Mass., Democratic presidential hopeful Bill Bradley poses with a supporter's baby at a rally at Faneuil Hall in 2000. Newscom/FILE

President George W. Bush holds a crying baby after addressing a campaign rally in October 2004 in Chanhassen, Minn. Tim Sloan/AFP/Getty Images/Newscom/FILE

During the US's election night on Nov. 4, 2008, Liam Greer, originally from Ohio, smiles with an 'I voted' sticker on his forehead in Amman, Jordan. Ali Jarekji/Reuters/FILE

At the Republican National Convention in September 2008 in St. Paul, Minn., Republican vice presidential candidate and Alaskan Gov. Sarah Palin holds her baby, Trig, as she stands with her husband, Todd, celebrating Palin's acceptance of the Republican nomination for vice president. Ron Sachs/CNP/Newscsom/FILE

At a forum convened by John McCain in Lebanon, N.H., in March 2007, Wynona Heim and her son William support McCain at the event held at a high school near their home. Chris Fitzgerald/CandidatePhotos/Newscom/FILE

President Bill Clinton holds 10-day-old twins Bennett (l.) and Jackson as he greeted local residents outside the home where he is attending a Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee fundraiser in June 2000 in Austin, Texas. Tim Sloan/AFP/Getty Images/Newscom/FILE

New Democratic Party leader Jack Layton makes a face at a baby during a campaign stop in Edmonton in September 2008 ahead of federal elections in Canada in October. Dan Riedlhuber/Reuters/FILE

Kazumi Ota (r.), candidate for the Democratic Party of Japan, Japan's main opposition, tickles a baby's cheek during a campaign rally ahead of general elections in northern Japan in August 2009. Newscom/FILE

Nicaraguan former president, Daniel Ortega (l.), leader of the Sandinista Liberation Front, holds a baby in his arms in Esteli, Nicaragua, in October 2001 during his presidential election campaign. Orlando Sierra/AFP/Getty Images/Newscom/FILE

President George W. Bush is seen holding 12-week-old Emma Mincks after addressing a Republican rally at Arkansas Regional Airport in Betonville, Ark., in November 2002. Tim Sloan/AFP/Getty Images/Newscom/FILE

In October 2004, Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry is handed a baby from the crowd during a rally at the University of Nevada in Reno, Nev. CJ Gunther/ZUMA Press/Newscom/FILE

A baby is seen at a rally for then-Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama in Sunrise, Fla., in May 2008. Newscom/FILE

Britain's Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg listens to members of the Infant, Mother, and Pre School group at the Community Church in Greenway during an election campaign visit to Bristol, England, on April 22. Gareth Fuller/Reuters

A boy holds a placard during a rally against Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo near Malacanang Palace in Manila, Philippines, on March 26. Cheryl Ravelo/Reuters

Chelsea Clinton’s interview with Vogue suggesting she’s changed her mind and may be open to running for public office is hardly a surprise. All the presidents' children have always been a magnet for public fascination and attention, and plenty of them end up in – or on the periphery of – politics. (Think of those children of presidential politics who have not faded into obscurity: Caroline Kennedy and her brief flirtation with running for the US Senate and her endorsement of President Obama; Mary and Liz Cheney who have been active in Republican politics; not to mention "W" son of the first President Bush).